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| Love Like Blood by Mark BillinghamPolice Procedural. When her partner Susan is brutally murdered at their apartment, DI Nicola Tanner (introduced in last year's Die of Shame) decides she must have been the real target -- Tanner works with the Honour Crimes Unit, where she's discovered there's a pair of professional killers at work...and she believes these men killed Susan. Though on compassionate leave, Tanner gets rule-bending detective Tom Thorne to help her check things out. With plot twists and thrills aplenty, this 14th Tom Thorne novel may keep you up late. |
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Crime scene : a novel
by Jonathan Kellerman
Mystery. A latest novel of suspense by the award-winning father-son team finds athletic star-turned-coroner's investigator Clay Edison drawn into a complex case involving a retired psychology professor's death and an old scandal involving the horrific murder of one of the professor's students.
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On her majesty's frightfully secret service
by Rhys Bowen
Cozy Mystery. Agreeing to help her cousin the queen thwart an elopement between the Prince of Wales and the dreadful Mrs. Simpson, royal sleuth Georgie Rannoch offers assistance to her pregnant friend while clashing with an old rival from finishing school. By the best-selling author of Crowned and Dangerous.
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Sleeping in the ground
by Peter Robinson
Police Procedural. In the wake of a massacre outside a picturesque Yorkshire church, Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are challenged to unravel a baffling mystery involving a killer who is hiding in plain sight. By the Edgar Award-winning author of When the Music's Over.
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| The Force: A Novel by Don WinslowCrime Fiction. Denny Malone is a highly decorated NYPD detective at the head of an elite anti-gang task force -- he's also a dirty cop who skims cash and drugs, and worse. Tracing Denny's rise and fall and his attempts to avoid federal jail time, The Force showcases authentic dialogue and shockingly believable characters in a taut, gritty book. If you're on the hold list for this bestseller, try other atmospheric novels that examine police corruption, such as Joseph Wambaugh's The Choirboys, Thomas Mullen's Darktown, or Ian Rankin's Malcolm Fox mysteries. |
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| The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or, On the Segregation of the Queen by Laurie R. KingHistorical Mystery. When 15-year-old orphan Mary Russell runs into Sherlock Holmes, she isn't aware that the Sussex beekeeper is the famous, retired detective. She soon learns the truth, and the chance encounter proves pivotal as Holmes, impressed with Mary's intellect, becomes her mentor and teacher -- and eventually something more -- as the two solve crimes together. The Beekeeper's Apprentice is the 1st in Laurie R. King's popular continuation of the Sherlock Holmes oeuvre. If you like well-researched stories and intelligent lead female characters, be sure to check out this intricately plotted series. |
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The daughter of Sherlock Holmes
by Leonard S Goldberg
Historical Mystery. A highly skilled nurse with unique mental talents is recruited into the investigative team of the elderly Dr. John Watson and his handsome son before being swept up in a Holmesian mystery with ties to the Second Afghan War, a hidden treasure and a murder at the highest levels of British society. By the best-selling author of Fever Cell.
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| The Baker Street Letters by Michael RobertsonMystery. Lawyers and brothers Reggie and Nigel Heath rent offices at 221B Baker Street and, as part of their lease agreement, they must answer every letter that arrives for Sherlock Holmes. When Nigel reads a letter written by a little girl whose father is missing and decides he must help, the two men find themselves dealing with a murder and taking a trip to Los Angeles. If you like this "lively and inventive" (Kirkus Reviews) debut, be sure to look for others in the Baker Street Brothers series. |
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